miércoles, 16 de enero de 2013

"Egypt Egypt" is not the first song made by The Egyptian Lover, that, we know, but probably was the first real hit from him. One of the songs that make the west coast electro scene explote, and starts the new style of Electro music that became something from its own after been just part of the way that music for Mcees was done during few years, since Afrika Bambaataa's Planet Rock was released in 1982.
With the support of the Redbull Music Academy, here we have an amazing 5 minutes video documentary, were the current Egyptian Lover, remembers and describes how he thought about that song back in 1984.
It is really a nice document, specially for those which produce Electro music.

domingo, 13 de enero de 2013

Few days ago I did a DJ Session in MOOG Club in Barcelona, Pure electro.
One of the records I selected was this one, the Kraftwerk's Radioactivity remixed by this grammy multi-awared musician, William Orbit, a real freak with the electronic instruments.
One of the things that amaze me more of this version (a part of that he just put the Electro-Funk feeling to this great old song from the masters) is the date and the technics he used with the sampler, you know, this stuff with the voices like Daft Punk or later groups make very popular, changing pitches and repeating wovels. I don't really remember a single other song before 1991 that used this technic like that.
Anyway, this is a dedication to pioneers, and lucky me, I have this vinyl in my power!

martes, 8 de enero de 2013

Contacto Sintetico Workshop Vol.1 was a vinyl pressing done after some experiment drop from the Contacto Sintetico Forum begining in 2011 and ended in 2012. It was some kind of multi-artist production done in distance were some producers from Spanish Electro scene kept sending each other tracks and parts through internet, building step by step super-nice songs.
Best stuff was compiled in this very very very limited vinyl edition. Only 50 copies were for sale.
Line up was:
Proto 70
Synthesithed
Replicante Norman
Criticon (Dark Vektor)
Split DJ
Transistor 808 (Uni-Mate)
Eleztrik Body

Important to say that when this began 1rs January 2010 it was the one an only electro radio show in spanish and did help to promote the local scene like anything else. Also mention that this program was back up with the forum Contacto Sintético and this one will remain active and continue working fully.